How Much Paint Do I need?

[rustybronco]

Yes .

The pattern on mine hooked.

[tkent02]

GOOD LUCK! and post pictures of the WHOLE process!

Yeah we are going to need pictures. Lots of pictures. I need to get inspired to paint the 1000 that's been sitting there taking up garage space for years.

[JTGS850GL]

Here's a detailing of how I painted my last bike: http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum...-GS1000G/page3

Go to post #115 and it shows the paint booth I made along with a "Lazy Suzan" that I used to rotate the part while painting. That way I didn't have to drag a hose all over and I could create a kind of "down draft" paint booth with the ventilator fan under the Lazy Suzan turntable.

[metalfab]

-1 on the H.F. gun.

http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum...7016-spray-gun

By the way it is on sale right now for $9.99. Granted it is Chinese, and cheap but especially for the money I recommend it. I have been spraying with guns since the 80's and have used a lot of guns. I cant fault this cheap gun. I do have a devilbiss gravity feed gun I paid over $300 for. It was from a time when paint guns were still made in the US. It hard to tell the way it shoots from the little HF gun I have other than volume. Granted the poor Chinese quality control can factor in, a burr somewhere could change things a lot. That said proper pressure, adjustment, and paint viscosity/thickness can be problems too. I guess that is where painting the fridge and mail box, cardboard, and anything else comes in. I am thinkin the HF gun is pretty far ahead of a rattle can, not saying you couldn't get a screwed up gun.

[tkent02]

Granted the poor Chinese quality control can factor in, a burr somewhere could change things a lot. ..... I am thinkin the HF gun is pretty far ahead of a rattle can, not saying you couldn't get a screwed up gun.

This is probably it, and I have only used two of these guns. Don't know how many of them are bad, don't know if their QC is as good as it was when I bought mine. I only know the two I used were fine for my purposes. I haven't shot any metallic paint, but my friend did, and it turned out good.

Part of it is technique, spray patterns, even coating, don't hold the gun over the work in case it drips, etc.

I have also used rattle cans with good results, like they say it's all in the prep. The 2K clear should be fine as far as gasoline resistance. I have found it easier to use the HF gun than a rattle can, but either will do.

[Spyder]

Here's a detailing of how I painted my last bike: http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum...-GS1000G/page3

Go to post #115 and it shows the paint booth I made along with a "Lazy Suzan" that I used to rotate the part while painting. That way I didn't have to drag a hose all over and I could create a kind of "down draft" paint booth with the ventilator fan under the Lazy Suzan turntable.

WOW, That paint booth you made up is sweet! Much better than what I did, lol...

[Spyder]

[metalfab]

If you don't have a booth, spray it early morning, or late evening. Most days the wind calms down for an hour or two just after the sun comes up, and for a couple of hours before the sun goes down. Wet the floor and the ground outside the shop/garage, dust and dirt stick to the water. But if you can set up a booth is nice. Use a tack cloth on the parts to be painted before spraying, it is like a magnet for dust. If you spray with a gun, get some fisheye eliminator in case you have the fisheyes pop up. You cant set up to paint with too much light, get it as bright as you can. It helps to watch the spray patterns, the overlap of the passes, and helps to judge if you are spraying it on wet enough. There is an art to it, practice as much as you can. Good luck with it.

[Lorenzo]

2xprimer;
3xcolour;
2xtransparent;

Provided that, you spry light coats (expecially the first one) from 30cm spread about 10 minutes, in between coats, assuming it's an acrylic paint.

(The amount refers to nunber of cans)

[metalfab]

2xprimer;
3xcolour;
2xtransparent;

Provided that, you spry light coats (expecially the first one) from 30cm spread about 10 minutes, in between coats, assuming it's an acrylic paint.

Good point, you want thin coats, but they have to be wet enough where the paint flows out and flattens. As you progress with the multiple coats, being wet enough becomes more critical for a shine when it is all done. Normally 3 to 5 coats will do it.